MathGuy2

Even if we do exist, what's the point? If there isn't life after death, why worry about life before death? What does anything matter? If there is life after death, what do we care about that life? From all I've been taught in church, when we die we stay in heaven forever. What's the point of that? Why should we even care to stay in heaven - what will we do there? If we don't exist, what are the effects of anything we do? If there isn't life after death, why should we bother to save people's lives? If there is, why should we bother to save the lives of good people? If its citizens are going to heaven anyway, why does the Vatican need a defensive military force? What difference does it make whether or not we exist? What would we be able to use to define our existence? If there were a big switch in the sky labeled "Existence/Imagination", what would be the effects of pushing it?

To bypass any moderate-level block system, via Windows: [list=1] [*]Open a command prompt, via Start|Run|"command" or Start|Programs|Accessories|Command Prompt. [*]Type nslookup [url]www.website.com[/url] (or ping [url]www.website.com[/url] if nslookup gives Bad Command or Filename). [*]Find the line that says Address: 209.123.85.4 or Pinging [url]www.website.com[/url] [209.123.85.4]... and write down (or remember the number). [*]Access the site (type everything) [url]http://209.123.85.4:80/,[/url] or generally [url]http://x.x.x.x:80/.[/url] That should work. If that fails: [*]Search google for "free public proxy server" or the like, unless that search is blocked, in which case the word "pr0xy" can be substituted. If you can't find one: [*]If you can, download a proxy server to your home machine, and leave it on during school time. Find your own IP address (x.x.x.x) using winipcfg or ipconfig at the DOS prompt, depending on version. Leave it on and dialed-out (or otherwise connected) during the schoolday. Theoretically. (This is not a recommended option.) [*]Either way, with the IP of a proxy server, go to Tools|Internet Options|Connections|Proxies (IE) or Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies. Enter this number as your HTTP proxy. Then access pages normally. [/list] Until 8e6 became X-Stop, steps 1 through 4 worked perfectly. :)

H? That 5050 problem should be famous to everyone with any more interest in math than enough to pass the class. If I remember correctly, [font=Symbol,Greek]S[/font]k=1,n = n(n+1)/2 - that was in my geometry book. Juuthena, you mentioned that the math teacher wanted, in effect, 100! (100 factorial [product of 1 through 100])? That would be on the order of, oh, estimating as 5!(10^10)...(90^10)(100^5), approximately...3*10^147 in scientific notation. almost 150 decimal places. I used pencil and paper and a four-function calculator. Tell that to your teacher. Er, sorry about that. Here's one for your math teacher: Prove this limerick. "Integral z-squared dz / From one to the cube root of three / Times the cosine / Of three pi over nine / Equals log* of the cube root of e." *The natural log, "ln". He/she'll only be able to do it if he/she knows (and more importantly, remembers) calculus. On to something more interesting: this is my math teacher. (On a side not, he's a retired Air Force colonel who worked at a nuclear site during the Cold War.) He does know a lot, but he obviously is not the type that others have described here. [size=1]I never realized I would be posting under this screen name until halfway through my message.[/size]

I've had this trouble in one situation that might be affecting you: are you typing "[b]www.[/b]otakuboards.com" and later using the top graphic's link to the home page (which goes to "otakuboards.com")? My browser sees these as different sites with different cookies; I've begun to use the text link below it (the line that reads OtakuBoards.com > Suggestions and Feedback).

No custom titles? [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=9]masterfork: IT TO SCARE BABIES[/url] [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=793]Break: Moderator & Idiot[/url] [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1409]Queen Asuka: Moderator & PlushMistress[/url] Please explain this...

I tried that - it'll only let one input private events. Outlook or similar programs work much better than the calendar. If we remove the birthdays, which seem to take up too much space, could we use it for (when OBBII was running) Next Vote-off or the like?

I saw a message board where one could mark a post "Constructive" or "Destructive" (or something), and if the post was sufficiently voted Destructive it would disappear. Would that work? Would that help? Would it be necessary?

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by James [/i] [B][color=#507AAC]No, that shouldn't be happening. OtakuBoards is somehow very "sticky" when it comes to cookies. I don't know why exactly; but for some people this is an issue. I recommend deleting your computer's cookies if you are having difficulties. You'll need to log in again, but you'll be able to start "fresh" and hopefully see all the graphics on the site.[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] Could it have anything to do with HTTP caching? Could you set the graphics cache limit to, say, two days, so that'd be the maximum someone'd have to wait for a new skin?

Is there a use for the calendar other than listing 1/12th of the board members' birthdays?

I'm addicted to OtakuBoards, to the chagrin of my parents. I almost want to ask to be banned for my own good.

[quote][i]OB rules page[/i] [b]· Repeating Currently Existing Threads:[/b] We ask members to be wary of other threads on the first page of each forum.[/quote] Are the rules from that page relatively valid? I heard some talk about a "new rules page" coming soon.

Who are those three people in the picture on the navigation bar of theOtaku? I can tell the middle one is James' avatar; are the rest somehow representing Adam and another staff or are they characters from an anime? [url=http://www.theotaku.com/][img]http://www.theotaku.com/tech.gif[/img][/url]

Could you implement this as a very short "pre-signature"? If you could allow the vB parsing engine to convert {pre-sig + post + sig} at once (rather than what it does currently - parsing the post and signature separately), then it would work. The pre-signature would be the opening tags and the signature would start with the closing tags. [quote][i]James[/i] [b]If the code exists, we'll be able to put it in as soon as possible.[/b][/quote] All code exists in the mind of the programmer; it is up to him to make it exist for others.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i] [B][color=red] I thought it means something along the lines of God comes from the Machine...or something. Oh well, it could be a multiple meaning.[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] My friend mentioned something along the lines of a Greek-mythological god that comes near the end of a play out of a descending platform, who fixes things or punishes the bad guy or something like that. I can't remember the exact story, but that's the gist.

I seem to have a problem - the little blue arrow thingy that marks an unread thread appears even on threads I have read fully, and the yellow box on the OB home page appears on all forums. Also, this appears on threads I have just posted in; wouldn't I have read the last post of the thread if it were mine? (Mozilla 1.0, WinXP Home)